The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved 11 major procurement proposals encompassing essential commodities, industrial fertilizers, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and critical infrastructure expansion projects.
The approvals were recommended during the 49th virtual meeting of the committee for the current year, held on Tuesday night under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Under the Ministry of Commerce, two separate proposals were approved to procure 10,000 metric tons of sugar in 50-kg bags from Meghna Sugar Refinery Limited via open tender on e-GP. The first lot of 5,000 MT is priced at Tk 51.47 crore (Tk 102.95/kg), while the second lot is priced at Tk 51.97 crore (Tk 103.95/kg).
In the aviation sector, the committee approved the 3rd revised proposal for Phase 1 of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Expansion Project, increasing the contract value by Tk 360.65 crore to a total of Tk 20,959.30 crore. The work will be executed by the Aviation Dhaka Consortium (comprising Mitsubishi, Fujita, and Samsung C&T). Additionally, a consultancy service variation of Tk 405 crore was approved, taking total consultancy fees to Tk 1,176.72 crore for the Nippon Koei-led joint venture.
For energy and agriculture, the committee sanctioned the G2G import of 9 LNG cargoes from Trafigura PTE Ltd between December 2026 and December 2027 at JKM–$0.10 per MMBtu. Fertilizer import approvals totaled 237,000 MT—including 80,000 MT Urea from Saudi SABIC ($446.67/MT), 42,000 MT Urea from UAE's Fertiglobe ($531.67/MT), 35,000 MT MOP from Russia's Prodintorg ($383.80/MT), 120,000 MT MOP from Canadian Commercial Corporation ($382.38/MT), and 40,000 MT DAP from Saudi Ma'aden ($861.50/MT). Meanwhile, the committee formally withdrew the proposal for setting up a floating LNG terminal (FSRU) at Kutubjom, Maheshkhali by CNEEC.
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